X86_64 kernel doesnt install on 64bit(?) machine.

[Karl Larsen]

Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> On Monday 20 August 2007 9:28:41 pm Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Reg Clemens wrote:
>>     
>>> There has been some discussion on this list as to what determines if you
>>> have an Intel 64bit machine or not.  Well, if I do cat /proc/cpuinfo I
>>> see:
>>>       
>>     When I do a cat /proc/cpuinfo I got this:
>>
>> [karl at k5di ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
>> processor       : 0
>> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
>> cpu family      : 15
>> model           : 2
>> model name      : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00GHz
>> stepping        : 7
>> cpu MHz         : 2000.074
>> cache size      : 128 KB
>> fdiv_bug        : no
>> hlt_bug         : no
>> f00f_bug        : no
>> coma_bug        : no
>> fpu             : yes
>> fpu_exception   : yes
>> cpuid level     : 2
>> wp              : yes
>> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca
>> cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe up cid
>> bogomips        : 4002.65
>> clflush size    : 64
>>
>>
>> Now the only 64 is in the clflush size thing and I did a long search
>> with Google on what is clflush and got only that every cpu I looked at
>> has clflush size as 64.
>>
>>     Anyone here actually know how to determine a 64 byte cpu?
>>
>> I thought not :-)
>>
>>
>> --
>>     
> You're wrong:
>
> bash-3.1$ cat cpuinfo.txt
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family      : 15
> model           : 79
> model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
> stepping        : 2
> cpu MHz         : 2211.128
> cache size      : 512 KB
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 1
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca 
> cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 
> 3dnowext 3dnow up pni cx16 lahf_lm svm cr8legacy ts fid vid ttp tm stc
> bogomips        : 4425.09
>
> -- cmg
>
>
>   
    My Intel Celerium chip does not give up it's 32 or 64 bit capability 
so I did a Google search and did it on the Intel web page. Then I wanted 
to see if my new AMD chip is 32 or 64 bit.

    I am happy to say that most recent cpu's ALL are 64 bit or 32 bit 
capable. Both of my cpu's are 64 bit capable. So I may reinstall F7 on 
my new computer using 64 bit software knowing it does have a cpu that 
will support it.



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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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